Matches in Harvard for { ?s ?p The Forbes family of Boston and Milton, Mass. was one of the most important families of Boston merchants engaged in the China trade. John Murray Forbes (1771-1831) was United States consul at Hamburg, Copenhagen, and Stetin (1801-1819) and United States agent at Buenos Aires (1820-1831). His nephews Thomas, Robert Bennet, and John Murray Forbes were connected with Perkins and Company and later Russell and Company in the China trade. John Murray Forbes (1813-1898) was later involved in railroad development in the west. His grandson W. Cameron Forbes (1870-1959) was a partner in J. M. Forbes and Company and governor-general of the Philippines (1909-1913).. }
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- catalog description "The Forbes family of Boston and Milton, Mass. was one of the most important families of Boston merchants engaged in the China trade. John Murray Forbes (1771-1831) was United States consul at Hamburg, Copenhagen, and Stetin (1801-1819) and United States agent at Buenos Aires (1820-1831). His nephews Thomas, Robert Bennet, and John Murray Forbes were connected with Perkins and Company and later Russell and Company in the China trade. John Murray Forbes (1813-1898) was later involved in railroad development in the west. His grandson W. Cameron Forbes (1870-1959) was a partner in J. M. Forbes and Company and governor-general of the Philippines (1909-1913).".